Busking brothers Sean and Conor Price impressed The X Factor judges with a fresh take on an old classic

By Carl Greenwood

16th September 2017,9:13 pm

Updated: 16th September 2017,9:59 pm

NICOLE Scherzinger got “goosebumps on her goosebumps” from an X Factor audition as the show continued tonight.

Irish busking brothers Sean and Conor Price impressed The X Factor judges with a fresh take on an old classic with it being deemed so good by Simon Cowell, he declared it “one of the best auditions we’ve had”.

The pair sang their own update of Jimi Hnedrix’s All Along the Watchtower

The siblings from Blessington, Dublin, offered up a modern rendition of Jimi Hendrix’s All Along The Watchtower, complete with rapping from guitar-playing Sean, 17, and singing from 15-year-old Conor.

Following a rapturous round of applause, Cowell told the Price brothers: “This is probably one of the best auditions we’ve had. I’m going to say something to you guys – I don’t want to change a single thing from what I saw and heard today.”

Cowell described the boys, who wanted to add “youth and energy” to the Bob Dylan-penned track, as “rare”.

He added: “Every so often I sit in these auditions and think… thank God we found people like you.”

Scherzinger told them they have the “It Factor”, before telling her colleagues that the boys’ performance gave her double goosebumps.

They were given four yes votes and have earned a place in the Bootcamp round of the ITV reality programme.

Earlier on the episode Amrick Channa and his youthful face saw him put through to bootcamp with three yeses with Simon telling him no, while 57-year-old soon to be divorcee on a mission Beverly West was turned down despite belting out Shirley Bassey’s Big Spender.

Another hopeful who was highly praised and made it through to Bootcamp was nervous singer Benji Matthews, 17, whose rendition of Alicia Keys’ If I Ain’t Got You saw him dubbed “a rough diamond” by Cowell.

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After telling the judges that she has recently divorced after 17 years of marriage, the 34-year-old mother and member of the travelling community from Middlesex saw her emotional rendition of the Shirelles' Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow get her a place in Bootcamp.

Scherzinger told her: "I love it, it was so transparent. You meant every word, you're so beautiful. I think you're going to watch this back and hopefully fall in love with yourself."

Cowell said: "I wasn't just judging you on your performance... I think you told us enough that I was kind of judging this performance on something a little bit more than that. That you are hurt and you used this opportunity to do something."

He added: "You deserve to be here... the fact you are really memorable, likeable, a real voice, exactly the kind of person we love on this show. I'm excited."

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Another busking hopeful in the audition room was 24-year-old Gregor Coleman from Glasgow, but his first audition - a cover of Riptide by Vance Joy in which he used his guitar - failed to woo the judges.

Stopping him mid-way through, Cowell said: "I need you to do something which sets you apart, because that's like everything else I'm hearing right now, and what you would do busking."

He added that it was "very quick, very throwaway", while judge Louis Walsh agreed that it was "forgettable".

Cowell advised him to rethink his style and gave him a second chance, prompting Coleman to later return to the audition room to sing Rihanna's Stay, his instrument left behind.